Bringing Communities Together
The University of Birmingham has loaned an historic painting with a Shakespeare connection to New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. Abd el-Ouahed ben Messaoud ben Mohammed Anoun led an embassy to London in 1600 to deepen trade and diplomatic links between Britain and Morocco, and may have influenced Shakespeare’s depiction of […]
The ŠKODA FABIA has been named Best First Car in the annual Parkers New Car Awards. The compact yet feature-packed Czech supermini fought off tough competition to be named as the number one car to buy for new drivers. Thanks to its impeccable road manners, bold design and smooth drivetrain, […]
The annual Stoptober public health campaign is back this month and Walsall Council is reminding residents about the help that is available and urging smokers in the Borough to stub out the habit. Stoptober, now in its eleventh year, aims to empower people to give up smoking during the month […]
Walsall Council is inviting visitors to celebrate bonfire season with three traditional community bonfire and fireworks events across the borough.Alongside a traditional bonfire, spectacular fireworks displays set to music will burst across the sky and families can enjoy fun fair rides and food and drink at the family friendly events.Admission […]
The vehicle concerned had been used to dump large amounts of tyres and other waste on three separate occasions in the Willenhall area during September 2022. This morning Walsall Council community protection officers, assisted by the police and bailiffs, seized the vehicle. Walsall Council’s community protection officers were unable to […]
The first step on the journey to shape the planning framework that will guide development and regeneration activity in Birmingham over the next 20 years is set for approval tomorrow (October 11). Members of the council’s Cabinet will be asked to approve the Birmingham Local Plan Issues and Options Document […]
Walsall Council is marking World Mental Health Day on Monday 10 October by signposting residents to their ‘Thrive Mobile Wellbeing project’ and encouraging them to create their own wellbeing plan. The Thrive Mobile Wellbeing project, aka ‘Let’s Chat’ is a Council initiative that provides mobile support to residents in their […]
Barbers in the West Midlands and Birmingham, who may be considering closing their shops because of the cost-of-living crisis, have been thrown a lifeline by a mobile male grooming business. Get Groomed Mobile Barbers is looking to recruit between 15 and 20 barbers in the Birmingham area at a time […]
National recognition has been earned for the city council’s Mobile Household Recycling Centre (MHRC) service – in the form of a prestigious Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee (LARAC) Award. At the organisation’s 2022 awards ceremony, staged on Wednesday (October 5), the MHRC initiative, which launched in the summer of 2021, […]
Warwickshire County Cricket Club and Birmingham City Council have formally launched a bid to the Government’s Levelling Up Fund for a new Masterplan to transform Edgbaston Stadium and support the surrounding community. The “Edgbaston Stadium and Community Masterplan” will create a mixed-use destination with cricket and community at its core, […]
